State of the Union

In his State of the Union, President Donald Trump honored a survivor of both the Holocaust and the Tree of Life shooting. Now, a Jewish refugee advocate says Trump is sending mixed messages.

Many of the Trump administration's own policies undermine this goal.

A soybean farmer explains the challenges facing farmers if Trump's trade war continues.

The speech was once useful for setting legislative agendas, but the digital age has made it a mostly useless spectacle.

Trump will likely stoke anti-immigrant sentiment in his address, but he won't talk about child separation and immigration court backlog.

The Speaker of the House has withdrawn her invitation for the president to give the State of the Union address later this month. What if he tries to give one anyway?

Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address tomorrow. Last year's (well-received) speech before Congress can serve as a blueprint for what we can expect to hear.

President Obama mentioned foreign and defense policy more than ever before in his State of the Union address. Here's why that shift in the quantity needs to come with one in the quality of our thinking on the issues.

The President's State of the Union address hints at a deepening anxiety over his legacy—and what we can expect from the rest of his term.

The dataset includes an address for nearly every year from 1790 to 2014.

California is the home to more super rich than anywhere else in the country—and it also exhibits the highest poverty rate in the nation.

Obama hailed the benefits of an open Internet in his State of the Union address. Here’s what it is and how he’s trying to make it happen.

President Obama's speech last night contained a series of economic proposals. Here's how the data and research back up or complicate his claims.

President Obama made a lot of promises during yesterday's State of the Union address. Going by past results, he'll probably accomplish some of them.

During tomorrow night's presidential address, actions will speak louder than words. With highly polarized parties at least through 2016, it's not like any of Obama's proposals are about to become law any time soon anyway.